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UK employment

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    UK economy
    Problems with UK economy data could be widespread, warns lawmaker

    Meg Hillier highlights damaging consequences of under-investment in key forecasting systems

    Meg Hillier is seated in a committee room
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    News in-depthUK defence industry
    Fears over defence industry skills as UK waits for new Typhoon orders

    Workers at BAE Systems’ Lancashire factory assembling the fighter jet are worried about their future

    The Typhoon final assembly line in Warton
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Work & Careers
    Young people are rejecting work. Why?

    An increase in Neets, who are not in education, employment or training, exposes grievances about the labour market

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Employment
    Draw your own chart game: how well do you know the jobs market?

    Test your knowledge on trends from hybrid schedules to AI hiring

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    UK employers eye ‘competitive advantage’ in hiring neurodivergent workers

    Six-fold rise in job ads that mention conditions such as ADHD and autism since 2019, data shows

    Joseph Koppenhout
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    UK wage growth accelerates to 5.2%

    Increase in pay for three months to October driven by private sector

    Commuters crossing London Bridge
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    UK immigration
    Skilled migrants contribute more to public finances than working Britons, report finds

    Migration Advisory Committee figures highlight trade-offs of tighter UK immigration policy

    People waiting in a queue to enter the UK at passport control at Heathrow airport
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Sarah O'Connor
    The gig economy is coming to a shop near you

    Apps that let retailers hire freelance staff by the shift are increasing in popularity

    Young ones promotional picture of a  younger person looking at her mobile phone while standing next to a black labradoodle
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    UK economy
    Higher business taxes take toll on UK economy as companies cut back hiring

    Fall in private sector employment blamed on Reeves’ £25bn increase in employers’ national insurance contributions

    Commuters on their way to work cross London Bridge
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    UK private sector employment shrinks at fastest pace since 2021

    S&P data for December follows tax rises on business in autumn Budget

    City office workers cross London Bridge
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    Workplace pensions
    Reeves puts pensions review on hold to avoid extra burden on UK business

    Some experts argue current savings rates will leave people without adequate retirement pots

    Pension advice forms
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    The London problem is holding young Brits back

    Americans and Europeans have a choice of places to prosper

    FT montage of the City of London skyline
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    The Big Read
    Does the UK have enough workers to ‘get Britain building’?

    The Labour government dreams of kick-starting a housebuilding boom, but the construction sector relies heavily on migrants to plug a skills gap

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    UK Statistics Authority
    Fallout from breakdown of UK labour force survey spreads

    Regulator warns that 14 sets of ONS figures can no longer be badged as ‘official statistics’

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  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    SThree PLC
    Recruiters’ shares fall on SThree jobs warning

    Stem headhunter’s stock down more than 25% as it warns profits will be sharply lower next year

    Commuters crossing London Bridge, in London
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK government spending
    UK ministers reject union calls to lift public sector pay to pre-austerity levels

    Downing Street says wages can rise above inflation only with productivity gains to match

    Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Workers in England more likely to be overqualified than global peers, finds OECD

    More than 1 in 3 employees surveyed say their qualifications are higher than job requires

    Student at graduation
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Sarah O'Connor
    Economists need to get their story straight on immigration

    Focusing on the impact on the wages or employment levels of native workers is too narrow

    Farm workers in overalls and hairnets sort through freshly cut asparagus
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Hiring falls more sharply in UK than other major economies

    Slowdown in British recruitment unusual because it involves low-wage sectors, according to data from website Indeed

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Demand for staff sinks to four-year low in UK

    Tax rises spread gloom over pre-Xmas jobs market, recruiters report in November

    Workers cross London Bridge
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    UK economy
    Funding issues and ‘over-optimism’ behind UK failures on jobs data

    Statistics agency review reveals flaws that left policymakers without a reliable unemployment figure for a year

    Commuters walk during the morning rush hour near the Bank of England
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Office for National Statistics UK
    ONS admits it may not be able to replace UK labour force survey until 2027

    Policymakers face further uncertainty over state of jobs market

    Commuters crossing London Bridge
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Special ReportBusiness School Sustainable Education
    Business school teaching case study: Can transparency improve pay equality?

    UK employers must report gender disparity in wages but critics say the obligation provides little accountability

    An exterior view of a Next clothing store in a shopping mall, with sale signs visible inside. Several people are walking by, including an elderly couple
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Zero-hours contracts
    Ban on zero-hour contracts for agency staff ‘unworkable’, say UK recruiters

    Industry argues reforms would undermine jobs market in letter to business secretary

    Workers carrying heavy packages into a warehouse
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Welfare drive undermined by UK worker rights reforms, warns business

    Groups say changes would make it riskier to take a chance on new hires

    People walking near the Bank of England
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